Interpret:

No doubt

Album:

Tragic Kingdom

Once was a magical place 
Over time it was lost 
Price increased the cost 
Now the fortune of the kingdom 
Is locked up in its dungeon vaults 
The castle floor lies in traps 
With coiled wired set back 
Decoyed by old cheese 
Now the drawbridge has been lifted 
As the millions 


They drop to their knees 
They pay homage to a king 
Whose dreams are buried 
In their minds 


His tears are frozen stiff 
Icicles drip from his eyes 
The cold wind blows as it snows 
On those who fight to get in 
On heads that are small
Disillusioned as they enter 


They're unaware what's 
Behind castle walls 
But now it's written in stone 
The king has been overthrowned 
By jesterly fools 
And the power of the people 
Shall come to believe they do rule 
They pay homage to a king 
Whose dreams are buried 
In their minds 
His tears are frozen stiff 


Icicles drip from his eyes 
Welcome to the tragic kingdom 
Cornfields of popcorn 
Have yet to spring open 
Have they lost their heads 
Or are they just all blind mice 
We've heard all their stories 
One too many times 
Hypnotized by fireflies 
That glow in the dark 
Midgets that disquise themselves 
As tiny little dwarfs 


The parade that's electrical 
It serves no real purpose
Just takes up a lot of juice 
Just to impress us 
They pay homage to a king
Whose dreams are buried 
In their minds 
His tears are frozen stiff 


Icicles drip from his eyes 
Welcome to the tragic kingdom 
Cornfields of popcorn 
Have yet to spring open